Search Results for: Future of Work
Audra Reyni: Putting an invisible disability on the map
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...a much different career path, which included a business degree from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and working as an investment banker on Wall Street. But she “always wanted...
Date: Tuesday May 23, 2017
Marian Campbell Jarvis
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...the Minister and Deputy Minister. In previous roles in the federal government, she has worked as the Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet for Social Development Policy in the Privy Council...
Date: Thursday August 31, 2023
Ten Tough Jobs 2010
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...and a partner with whom they work in or outside government. We recorded and transcribed each interview and synthesized the results. We believe that many of the findings from the...
Date: Tuesday October 19, 2010
PPF Welcomes Five New Fellows
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...to recent work on energy and climate policy. · Émilie Potvin, Director of Public Policy, Asia, Uber. She brings knowledge of policy-making networks in Ottawa and has recent experience with a...
Date: Friday January 5, 2018
Recollection: Substance in politics. Honouring John Crosbie.
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...closed the over-exploited cod fishery, throwing 30,000 people out of work and responding to protestors wanting to play pretend that “I didn’t take the fish from the god damn water.”...
Date: Friday January 17, 2020
Report 4: Do We Still Have a Consensus Around COVID-19
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News headlines emphasize non-compliance and dissatisfaction with the COVID-19 response. Yet a COVID-19 consensus has emerged, and Canadians are as supportive of governments’ response to the virus as they were 10 months ago. Examining data from the Media Ecosystem Observatory, Dr. Peter Loewen finds that Canadians broadly agree on the risks of the disease, what measures should be taken to fight it and how much income support individuals and businesses should receive.
Date: Tuesday April 20, 2021
The role of regulatory diplomacy: A discussion with Jim Ellis, President and CEO Alberta Energy Regulator
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...and the AER have developed an ambitious strategy for informing Canadians and the international community about the work of the AER, and are taking measurable steps to improving regulatory standards...
Date: Friday December 19, 2014
Public Policy Forum honours four Western Canadians with Peter Lougheed Awards
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Sue Paish will be one of four recipients of the Peter Lougheed Award at PPF’s Annual Western Dinner on Sept. 19 at the downtown Vancouver Marriott. Sue will be joined by three other distinguished recipients of the award. Fellow award recipient Andrew Petter, the president of Simon Fraser University, said he was humbled and pleased about the award. “Public policy is such an important instrument of democracy,” Petter said.
Date: Wednesday September 5, 2018
Public servants learn reconciliation means relationship-building and action
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PPF’s reconciliation series didn’t answer all the questions about reconciliation but offered context and impetus to act. By: Jocelyn Formsma
Date: Friday August 3, 2018
Robin Shaban
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...their efforts to advance public policy centered on advancing social justice and their academic work on competition policy. Robin has a PhD from Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and...
Date: Sunday March 29, 2015
Glen Hodgson
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...economic policy and growth related to recent work on energy and climate policy. He has accumulated 35 years of experience in global and Canadian macro-economics, international trade and finance, fiscal...
Date: Thursday January 12, 2017
Budget gives go-ahead, and more details, for journalism funding
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The federal government has followed through on its promise to support journalism over the next five years with three programs first unveiled in the fall economic statement.
Date: Tuesday March 19, 2019
The Belonging Advantage
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...your workday at 5, be home at 5:15 and take your kids to soccer, which is five minutes away,” says Traci Simmons, the CEO of Opportunities New Brunswick, the province’s...
Date: Monday December 11, 2023
PANEL 2—Canada’s emerging innovators face funding, talent and culture gaps
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...the American made the move from the United States to Vancouver, he said, he quickly found getting a work permit to be anything but easy. He called his experience immigrating...
Date: Wednesday October 19, 2016